Always a very exciting moment! Our Encounter CD for Challenge Classics arrived on the doormat just now!!This is a recording very close to our hearts, highlighting two truly amazing pieces by beloved composer friends Osvaldo Golijov & Peteris Vasks. Release…
I’m happy to post this exciting new video, recorded live at the Bethlehemkerk, on the last day of our recording sessions with Osvaldo Golijov! https://youtu.be/kkQNAkvdngQ?si=5dFqmTQQZY9cl2UT
Last week we got together with a group of dear friends and played a very festive and joyful benefit concert at the magnificent Palau de Musica in Barcelona. Thanks to Anna & Nicky for making this concert happen! It was…
Looking forward to our Izmir debut! :)
Dear friends, Happy Easter Monday! it’s a big pleasure to announce this summer’s Cividale Masterclasses: 9-15 August! This is my favorite summer course, a perfect mix of hard work and lots of fun – time for intensive lessons, side by…
I’m proud of this wonderful CD that was recorded during Stift! Thank you Anna Clyne and biggest BRAVOS to Maja, Orkest Phion, Xandi Van Dijk, Studio 150 Bethlehemkerk, Joeri Saal, Alex Venguer & my friends at the Stift Festival! This…
Daniel Rowland – violin is on the cover of the new issue of Luister – Magazine over klassieke muziek with a 10 page moving coverstory that breathes Daniel creativity and his energy and inspiration. That what makes his Stift International…
I’m very much looking forward to this project at fantastic FAMES INSTITUTE in Skopje, quite soon already: February 4-10! We will be working intensively together on Strauss METAMORPHOSEN, Peteris Vasks MUSICA DOLOROSA & Philip Glass AMERICAN SEASONS (3 pieces I…
One of the composers I have most loved working with and whose music captivates me every time is the extraordinary Serbian composer Isidora Zebeljan. Isidora became a dear friend during many trips to Belgrade and numerous collaborations. in 2018 she…
This is a new release I feel hugely proud, happy and privileged to have been a part of: a hommage to Haydn and to one and only Geoff Nutall, this magical, life affirming music of Osvaldo Golijov was recorded a…
It was great fun and also very interesting to join the makers of the popular political podcast Betrouwbare Bronnen for a special, investigating Shostakowich’s life in the Sovjet Union. Thank you P.G and Jaap!
I loved playing the incredible Korngold Concerto in Santiago de Chile, with the excellent Orchestra Sinfonica Nacioval, under brilliant Josep Caballe Domenech. Thank you for the warm welcome!
It was great fun spending a day in the Serbian TV RTS studios in Belgrade with Maja, Julija, Zoran and all these other lovely musicians, recording a 60 minute show of lots of diverse pieces.:)
the Stellenbosch Festival 2025 was as always an incredible feast of music, and of life! Playing the Richter Seasons at the opening concert with incredible Figure of 8 Dance Company from Cape Town was a highlight I’ll never forget!!
The Stift Festival ’25 ‘Northern Lights’ was a real feast of Nordic music, with many brilliant musicians from the nordic lands showing us the treasure trove of gorgeous, fascinating, quirky, neglected, powerful music from their countries, and of course much…
Thank you Joost Galema for this beautiful review, so understanding and appreciating Isidora’s glorious music.
Thank you fantastic Princeton Festival for this hugely fun concert!! What a wonderful atmosphere and energy on stage. A big shout out to the brilliant Princeton Symphony Orchestra and dear friend Marc Uys for making this possible! Sharing the stage…
An extensive article in Trouw about Stift ’25
This was fun! :)) The Grand Finale of the Davidsbündler Feest is a sparkling ode to the iconic film Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire (1972). Accompanied by the Davidsbündler Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of Mikhail Zemtsov, world…
We are all still flying high after an incredibly inspiring, intense, energizing and unforgettable week with wonderful Osvaldo Golijov in Amsterdam. Together with my dearest Arethusa Quartet, (Floor, Dana & Maja) the brilliant Animato Kwartet, on fire Barry Shiffman, and…
Hard to imagine a more fun and sparkly way to kick off the new year: 2 concerts with Johann Strauss + Rota, Kreisler & Brahms with this incredible bunch of musicians at the splendid Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria in…
I’m still buzzing after a really wonderful couple of days in Madrid – one of the most enjoyable, exciting, fun, energizing & memorable concerts for quite a while. I loved being on stage in the splendid Auditorio Nacional in one…
South Africa has been very special for me for the last 20 years, and visiting favorite en new places with Maja during this 2 week tour was truly wonderful!! Magical, inspiring memories made, quality time together, of the charts natural…
Always an exciting moment when it arrives on the doormat!🎉 This was such a blast with this brilliant gang! Thanks everyone!!!😍 Release on Challenge Records International in March :))
Here are some impressions of the Stift Midwinter Festival, that just happened: 6 intense concerts over 2 days in the cosy Stiftkerk: I felt energized by the end of it, thanks to this fantastic bunch of friends, and the loveliest…
Yesterday fun concert in Nijmegen Concertgebouw de Vereeniging – one of the most beautiful halls in Europe! With dearests Dana Zemtsov ANNA FEDOROVA Nicky Schwartz and Maja Bogdanovic 🥰🩷🩷🩷 Vanderholst Arts Management – VAM Artists
Some fun snaps of yesterday’s lovely 🎄gala at the @davidsbundlermusicacademy with this dearest gang😍👌 It was the perfect, cosy, festive ending to a pretty intensive week!🥂🥰 With Dana Zemtsov Maja Bogdanovic Anna Fedorova Nicky Schwartz Looking forward to playing in…
Happy to read the 5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 review about our Brahms Double concerto with the English Symphony Orchestra Daniel Rowland – violin and dear Kenneth Woods, conductor in Malvern last Friday 🥰 Fairy Powered Productions Courie Enrique Amado Juneau Thank you🙏🏻…
Just arrived in UK after week in incredible Recife🇧🇷. THANK you dearest Ana Altino for these fantastically warm-hearted, vibrant, energizing days in your superb Virtuosi Festival, and for your amazing hospitality. Thank you Rafaell Altino for bringing us to Recife,…
I’m very excited to announce the birth of our Arethusa Quartet!! It’s tremendously exciting to be embarking on this quartet adventure together and we can’t wait to dive deeply, together into the incredible quartet world that we love so much…
Tonight with Super Star Boyash in Almere: Bach, Mozart, Kancheli & Silvestrov😍
Maja Bogdanovic and I are looking forward to this Dutch tour with fantastic Combattimento with a very colourful and exciting programme – from Vivaldi double & triple concertos, Boccherini, to Sollima’s Igiul LB Files, and Lonely angel by Vasks 🪽🪽🪽…
Fun day filming for @kun_rest at beautiful @thersaorg in central London. Something is cooking :)
It’s somehow not easy to find the right words to describe how happy/delighted/grateful/inspired I feel, looking back at the 19th Stiftfestival ‘A Mediterranean Voyage’, that ended exactly a week ago. All the elements seemed to come together to create 9…
This Masterclass was great fun to do, we recorded it in late June in the Studio 150 Bethlehemkerk that I know so well. It was a joy to work with these three brilliant talents!🙏 The organization by the Podium Klassiek…
Here’s a big shout out to dearest Claude Frochauxa and his absolutely brilliant team, for having created a pretty much perfect festival, Kammermusikfest Sylt. Magical setting, original & super inspired programmes, light and incredibly warm hearted atmosphere, delicious food and…
35 brilliant young musicians, 6 incredible cities, 8 countries by road, by the end 2 verrry sad looking bows: this were two joyful, intensive, super inspiring weeks spent with this amazing EUYO family – countless unforgettable, uplifting moments, the premiere…
Very happy to see this warm review in BBC music magazine, thank you for loving this unique, intimately powerful music as much we do! 🙏🙏 Challenge Records International VAM Artists
Looking forward to playing my ‘kamikaze programme’ 😬🙏 this evening at beautiful & atmospheric Theater Hof 88 in Almelo. And I’m loving looking at these ‘90s photos, with some rather familiar faces😅
A few impressions of last night’s hugely enjoyable, festive concert with the RTS Symphony Orchestra at Kolarac. Maja played an incredible Saint Saens, and I loved playing (for the first time) together his very beautiful ‘Muse & Poet’, plus Thais…
Very happy to announce the release of this new disc ‘The Messenger’ with dearest Borys Fedorov, entirely dedicated to the music of great Ukrainian composer Valentyn Silvestrov. This is truly timeless, deeply touching, personal & magical music, and the recording…
I’m SO looking forward to this!!!!😍😍 Composer Maxim Shalygin writes: Humanity has reached the 21st century, but have we approached the understanding of the divine, have we established harmony with the world? The theme Song of the Earth of the…
What a special, moving, and unforgettable evening…. Thank you dearest Nino & Delft Chamber Music Festival! 🙏 Vlady ❤️💫 “ Gisterenavond brachten we een eerbetoon aan Vladimir ‘Vlady’ Mendelssohn: een goede vriend van vele musici op het podium. Na het…
Looking hugely forward to playing beloved Distant light this afternoon with this great gang at the great Valdres sommersymfoni – festivalen. Inspiring and memorable to spend these days here together, surrounded by nature, friends and good vibes. It’s wonderful to…
What a night yesterday at Artscape! It was wonderful to play Brahms with Maja with great Bernhard Gueller and the wonderful Cape Town Philharmonic sounding absolutely brIlliant! The Gala was to mark the return to live concerts for full halls…